HIS SHORTEST SPEECH
ONLY 18 MINUTES
Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, September 10. What stung Hitler into breaking his long silence.was soon manifest when he began speaking at 7.30 tonight. It was what he described as the intrigues of certain circles in Italy which prevented her fulfilling her treaty obligations of 1939 and eventually succeeded in compassing the downfall of that "great man," his friend Mussolini.
Hitler expressed his firm belief that what happened to the Duce could not possibly happen to the Fuhrer. This was because the "German command" had faced the Allied plans as "a fanatically united community."
After this remarkable indication of lack of unity of the German people, as opposed to the High Command, Hitler admitted that the enemy had been able to "terrorise the German home front" by air, though he made his usual vague promises, such as that "terror attacks" would be met by technical improvements. Finally, the doomed' Fuhrer took such comfort as he could in thanking the Lord "for every hour He grants me to work for and among my nation."
• The speech lasted only 18 minutes, and is believed to-be the shortest made by Hitler.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 63, 11 September 1943, Page 7
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